There are many driving safety tips that increase safety for all drivers

Preventing collisions is our goal

Every driver should have the goal to be as safe as possible on the road.

The 2 most important driving safety tips that will prevent collisions are diligent observation and keeping space around your vehicle

A drivers eyes should not be fixed on one
point for more than 2 seconds, and even less at higher speeds. A little head
movement while looking around will allow a person to see around the blind spot
of the vehicles frame and to get vision around outside objects like shrubs and
buildings that can block objects like bikes and pedestrians as well as cars.

Keeping 1 ½-2 car lengths behind stopped vehicles may look strange to others
on the road around you, but that extra space could mean the difference between
hitting the car ahead if you went forward for any reason, and having time to
stop or swerve if someone hit you from behind or you accidentally pushed the
gas pedal. That old lady you make fun of for keeping 5 car lengths behind
vehicles ahead on the freeway when you keep only 3 car lengths behind has a
much better chance of avoiding a collision if the car ahead came to a sudden
stop.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 32,885 deaths in the U.S. occurred due to car crashes in 2010. (http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811552.pdf)

Many people call them car "accidents", but really the
correct term is "collisions" or "crashes". In a vehicle collision someone
was acting in a way that caused the crash to happen which could have
been prevented had they acted differently. If it could have been
prevented it is NO accident.

Learning and practicing good driving safety tips will prevent a multitude of collisions.

6 Top Reasons For Crashes

1. Distraction The biggest distraction on the road believe it or not, is drivers onlooking at a collision site!

When
I was training to be a driving instructor, my fellow trainee and I were on the freeway when we saw ambulances on both sides of the
freeway at the same spot, in opposite directions!

It was clear someone had looked too long at the first crash site and caused another!

2. Fatigue Be well rested especially starting a long drive.

3. Alcohol These are usually the most serious, often fatal collisions.

4. Speeding It's better to arrive late than not at all!

5. Aggressive driving Sometimes you need to be assertive behind the wheel, but not aggressive. The big difference is emotion.